Family Art Activities

A Message to Families

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, SFCAC has temporarily closed the Fort Mason studio and our artist residencies with school site partners have been postponed. However, we remain committed to our mission to empower children to develop their sense of self through artistic exploration. Now more than ever, it is essential for us to use the power of artmaking to express our ideas & emotions, to lift our spirits, and to connect with one another in meaningful ways.

Engaging in artmaking as a family is a way to bond and grow together. Please enjoy these recommendations for family art activities that are designed to be open-ended for children of all ages and use materials that most families already have at home.

We recommend revisiting activities and doing them again and again. Repetition allows children to build on prior knowledge and make new discoveries.

Spanish and Chinese translations for some of these activities are available, see links below.

We encourage you to send us photos of your family creating together and will share it with the community to bolster all of our spirits. Please email photos to sfcac@childrensartcenter.org and we’ll post them on our community page.